2014届高三英语阅读理解突击训练23.docVIP

1、The year is 2094. It has been announced that a comet (彗星) is heading towards the Earth. Most of it will miss our planet, but two pieces will probably hit the southern half of the Earth. ???? On 17 July, a piece four kilometres wide enters the Earths? atmosphere (大气层) with a massive explosion. About half of the piece is destroyed, but the remaining part hits the South? Atlantic at 200 times the speed of sound. The sea boils and a huge hole is made in the sea bed. Huge waves are created and spread outwards from the hole. The wall of water, a kilometre?high, rushes towards southern Africa at 80